is the economy strong enough? is the economy around the world strong enough to support the market at this level if they're going to pull support away. >> i think what he's trying to say is the economy he hopes will be strong enough. they're not pulling the rug out right now. they've made it clear they're extremely data dependent. i think they're expecting the economy to be strong enough, and i think they're expecting that when it is, they will start to pull back. to be clear, you know, you made a comment earlier about are we ahead of ourselves from a fundamental perspective? i think the market is very forward looking, right? so the point there is i think the market is looking ahead six months and saying, we're going to be in a very different place -- >> hang on, hang on. i understand that point, but i don't think that's where we are because we were artificially inflated by the fed, and the assumption was that the fundamentals would come up to support us, and, therefore, it's not a normal situation. what we're sayi